10/20/11 + 10/21/11 Cooler weather has arrived!

Ross Hiatt caught his first bonefish fishing with Capt. Vinnie Biondoletti on 10/20/11. Fishing was great after the weather we had. First nice day in quite a few, lots and lots of rain previous!  Lots of tailing bones. Ended the day on the patches catching some porgy and mutton snapper.  10/21/11 the wind picked up again out of the north and it was a little cooler out, that time of year again!  Capt. Rick Stanczyk fished with Jason and Craig on a half day and ran back all the way to flamingo.  Fishing was fair, we did get a decent snook, black drum, redfish, and sheepshead.  Lots of jacks, little snappers, and ladyfish as well.  Decent islamorada fishing for the incoming tide on half a day!  Capt. Vinnie and Capt. Bill Bassett reported once the tide start slowing down in the afternoon, they caught several large snook and redfish in the same area Capt. Rick was fishing.  Just goes to show you how fishing a full day can give you a lot more opportunities since you have different stages of tide, daylight, and conditions!

2/15/11 Reds and snooks in the back!

Capt Jim Willcox fished with Wayne Lacroix from Ontario & Jim Bernardin from Pine & Palms. We went deep in the everglades, lots of big trout,sheepshead,black drum,red drum & finished the day with 2 lunker snook!!!

January has some cold days, but reds are still biting!

Bud & Mary's regulars Fred & Marie Moore,along with their son Ben from Wales, braved the weather yesterday on 1-12-11 & crossed the bay with Capt Jim Willcox. They still had a great day of florida keys fishing. They caught a mix of redfish , black drum & sheepshead.  The cold weather in islamorada hasn't affected the bite of drum apparently!!!



Ringing in the new year in the backcountry! 1/1/11

Galen Edie & his family(Galen,Nick, Chris & Sean) Bud & Mary's Florida Keys Fishing regulars for 20 years,rung in the new year fishing with Capt Jim Willcox & Ken Cohan on Dec 31st & Jan 1st. Day one was filled with plenty of trout & a full limit of snappers for all 5 anglers. Day two the boats split up & fished two different areas. Both boats caught double digit redfish,black drum,sheepshead,& large trout. Shrimp was the main bait of choice back here with the water still being somewhat cool!  The weather was beautiful & there were no other boats around. The pics are of Sean with a nice black drum, Dad with a big trout, a close encounter with a crocodile, & a sneak preview of a new dam under construction.  Great way to spend a day fishing in Islamorada!

Day before xmas 12/24/10

Capt. Perry Scuderi reported fishing xmas eve back around the flamingo area of the everglades.  Winds were 15-20mph, northeast, though nice blue sky but a little bumpy.  Fishing shrimp on liht tackle, they caught redfish, black drum, sheepshead, and trout.  Saw lots of wild bird life, and porpoises!